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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?

2. What kills the first soldier to die?

3. How does Alex save Nadia from the angry Indians?

4. What do the Indians believe is the cause of individualism?

5. Why does Mauro Carias keep a black jaguar imprisoned?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

2. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

3. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

4. How does Ludovic Leblanc estimate the size of the Indian villages?

5. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

6. What internal conflict does Alex experience when the kidnappers offer him masato to drink?

7. Who are the People of the Mist?

8. How does Omayra Torres plan to persuade the Indians to accept vaccinations?

9. How are Alex's mother and Nadia's mother alike?

10. What do the People of the Mist look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Nadia mean when she advises Alex that he must learn to "see with his heart?" Does he understand her advice? Does he accomplish it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the People of the Mist dealt with the death of a loved one, and the ways in which these rituals differ from those of Western civilization.

Essay Topic 3

How has Alex changed by the end of the story? What brought about the changes?

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